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Iranian foreign minister says it will not escalate conflict and mocks Israeli weapons as ‘toys that our children play with’ (www.nbcnews.com)
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In an interview with NBC News, Hossein Amirabdollahian refused to acknowledge that Israel was behind the recent attack on his country.

Iran's foreign minister on Friday refused to acknowledge that Israel was behind the recent attack on his country and described the weapons that were used as more like children's toys.

"What happened last night was not a strike," the foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, said in an interview with NBC News' Tom Llamas. "They were more like toys that our children play with – not drones."

Amirabdollahian, who spoke to NBC News in New York where he was attending a U.N. Security Council session, said Iran was not planning to respond unless Israel launches a significant attack.

"As long as there is no new adventurism by Israel against our interests, then we are not going to have any new reactions," he said.

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[–] 39 points 2 years ago* (5 children)

They launched a massive attack on Israel, Israel responded with a very small and limited strike. Iran have been funding terrorist proxy groups for decades. They also treat their own people and women horrifically.

Hate Israel all you want, but cheerleading for an Islamic theocracy is stupid.

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  • [–] 53 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    It's strange how you're ignoring the fact that Israel attacked first. Iran retaliated, and did so after warning Israel of exactly what it was going to do so it could prepare. It did this even though Israel attacked Iran without a similar warning and assassinated an Iranian general.

    Iran's response has been tepid and measured because it doesn't want to start WW3. Israel, on the other hand, very clearly does.

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  • [+] -20 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    assassinated Iranian officials.

    Bit disingenious to call (senior) Members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps 'officials' like they're low level bureaucrats, not military personnel.

    you’re ignoring the fact that Israel attacked first.

    Why did they attack?

    According to Al Jazeera, the IRGC initially claimed the october 7 attack on Israel was revenge for the killing of IRGC commander Qassem Soleimani, although they later retracted that statement.

    In any case, the cold war between Israel and Iran didn't start with Israel bombing an Iranian embassy. Honeslty don't know who started it, but it wasn't the first attack, not the first attack on an embassy either.

    Iran retaliated, and did so after warning Israel of exactly what it was going to do

    Iran claims they warned Israel. The US says they didn't.

    https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iranian-notice-attack-may-have-dampened-escalation-risks-2024-04-14

    I mean, your user name suggests you're queer and a communist. How utterly bizarre that you're defending an Islamic theocracy.

    It is possible to be critical of Israel and not defend Iran. Just so you know, I know Russian propaganda probably told you otherwise.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Look at you tripping over yourself to defend the indefensible. Sad shit, man. What happened to you?

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  • [+] -7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Looks like you didn't reach the end of my comment:

    It is possible to be critical of Israel and not defend Iran. Just so you know, I know Russian propaganda probably told you otherwise.

    But hey, if people being critical of Iran or their terrorist proxies disturbs you, perhaps you should join the ghost of Russell Bentley on lemmy.ml

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    That's literally what they are, your feelings don't matter. I'm quite sure some country believes some of your nations leadership are outright terrorists as well should they be able to strike your country with impunity?

    Its not a cold was when you launch a direct offensive strike..

    And yet several countries and the UN including the third party intercontact disagree.

    Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Sunday that Iran gave neighbouring countries and Israel's ally the United States 72 hours' notice it would launch the strikes.

    Turkey's Foreign Ministry said it had spoken to both Washington and Tehran before the attack, adding it had conveyed messages as an intermediary to be sure reactions were proportionate.

    "Iran said the reaction would be a response to Israel’s attack on its embassy in Damascus and that it would not go beyond this. We were aware of the possibilities. The developments were not a surprise," said a Turkish diplomatic source.

    Who cares what their personal politics are, you need to see the forest for the trees.

    That is indeed possible, its also possible not to out people and disparage them in defense of Israel.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Why did they attack?

    To draw the US deeper into the conflict.

    In any case, the cold war between Israel and Iran didn’t start with Israel bombing an Iranian embassy. Honeslty don’t know who started it, but it wasn’t the first attack, not the first attack on an embassy either.

    Fair. Netanyahu has been provoking Iran for decades, this is just the latest escalation. But the fact remains that Iran was retaliating to an attack that came from Israel, Iran wasn't just attacking out of nowhere.

    Iran claims they warned Israel. The US says they didn’t.

    And yet the US and Israel were able to perfectly defend against the attack and prevent any serious damage. 🤔

    I guess we're just supposed to believe that those defensive capabilities are god-like and can respond to any attack with zero warning!

    I mean, your user name suggests you’re queer and a communist. How utterly bizarre that you’re defending an Islamic theocracy.

    Y'all keep telling me to choose the lesser evil in the elections but you won't do the same thing in a geopolitical context. 🤨

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  • [+] -6 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Israel identified the ring leaders of the October 7 event as Iranian military commanders who also happen to use an embassy as their base of operations to plan and execute their attacks.

    The moment that was discovered, the embassy no longer became a neutral zone and was changed to be a target.

    This is the same rules schoolyard bullies do to protect themselves from punishment by hiding behind their shitty parents after bullying you, and so do terrorists (including Hamas).

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    International law doesnt allow you to declare "not an embassy" because i want to kill a motherfucker in it. Countries in conflict will often have embassies filled with people the other country wants dead.

    The whole point of embassies is that they are "off limits" so that matters of state can be solved by disgruntled parties via diplomacy, not warfare. Bombing an embassy is a direct call for war, exactly because it by definition has important leaders of that countires nation inside of it.

    Bombing it is no different than bombing any goverment building staffed by that nation's leadership in Tehran. It is in fact a huge provocation for war, and so far its only Irans restraint that has stopped this from escalating.

    The fact that Israel has put the world into a position where Iran, a nation run by theocratic despots who brutalize women and sponsor terror, is the calmer actor, is absolutely surreal.

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  • [+] -10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    International law is such a stupid concept to me since it's literally pointless unless there is someone who can enforce it.

    So don't come at us with that bullshit, otherwise we wouldn't be having this discussion at all and it would've already been handled by the "international police"

    Israel and Iran and Russia will continue to conduct whatever they want, and there's literally nothing you and I can do about it besides waste time arguing about it online.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Israel identified the ring leaders of the October 7 event as Iranian military commanders who also happen to use an embassy as their base of operations to plan and execute their attacks.

    I'm not sure if you've been paying attention but Israel says this about literally every target they want to bomb. Then they promise to provide "concrete evidence" later, never do, and eventually their claim gets disproved.

    40 beheaded babies

    A hatch that leads to Hamas tunnels

    Gaza hospitals are terrorist bases, and that's coming from CNN who runs their stories by the Jerusalem office before publishing, and has a list of words to avoid in order to further Israel's narrative at the expense of the truth.

    The list goes on but by parroting unconfirmed IDF talking points you are complicit in Palestinian genocide.

    Edit: here's another one from today

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/22/israel-unrwa-staff-terrorist-links-yet-to-provide-evidence-colonna-report

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  • [+] -32 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    It's pretty disgusting to see you cheer for Islamic terrorist groups who would throw you off buildings. Iran was responsible for October 7th, Hamas is their proxy.

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    I don't think anyone in this thread has "cheered for Islamic terrorist groups".

    The factual statements people have made are true: Iran has been the more restrained actor. Israel's aggression has been alarming. The US govt's position has prioritized an alliance far past our national interests. It's any of this incorrect?

    I don't like the Iranian govt. I don't like the current Israeli gov't. I'm not thrilled with America's gov't. I love my country (the US), and I like most Israelis, Palestinians, and Iranians. Is that really hard to reconcile? It seems like the majority opinion.

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  • [+] -14 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Look at queermunist's comment history, every time I see them in the comment section, they are simping for some islamist violent group known for murdering LGBT people. When it wasn't Iran it was Hamas.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Yup, this one was ISIS flavored.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

    Literally nothing they said in that thread came close to supporting ISIS and nothing else I've seen from them comes close. you just can't comprehend the idea that someone could want fewer Palestinian children to get bombed

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    No one is cheerleading but just like Israel can protect itself so can Iran, your feelings about their politics aside if you strike a sovereign nation you should absolutely expect a stroke in return if not scale war.

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